Desktop hardware recommendation

[ted leslie]

I used Lennart advise on power supply and it was really good advise!
i built a I7 2.8ghz box, and OC it to 4.4 ghz on rampage III. (stable
at about 4.1 long term, 4.4 requires voltage settings i didn't feel
comfortable with).
Only issue is, it's sata6 doesn't seem supported, but may be supported
in kernel now. (i bought a sata6 flash HD, only running at sata3).
My only advise is given insane over clocking of i7, be aware of the
cheap extra ghz you can get if you get a quality rig.
Your $/ghz may be a LOT better if you spend just a bit more .. i.e. a
store i7 is going to really sux given whats you can achieve with the
right mobo and ram.
Oh, hiber/sleep not so good yet (again not most recent kernel) but i
don't use it. I'd say if you need hiber/sleep functionality your
search for a bleeding edge good system just
got more complicated.


tl

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 05:12:02PM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
>> I went back to look for one of the 'what would Lennart Do?' posts on
>> the list and the last one I found was from a couple of years ago. If
>> someone were in the market for a solid performing system for $500 -
>> $600 today, what would be the quality hardware?
>>
>> I'm already sold on Western Digital for storage and NVidia for
>> graphics. I know Asus motherboards are generally solid, but don't know
>> what would be a current favourite. I'm assuming the Intel Core I7
>> processors are a good choice?
>
> Sure, but not if you want a $500 machine. :)
>
> The current issues with the Sandy Bridge based CPUs is a bit of a concern.
>
> You can find a GTX460 card for around $150 (the 560 is a bit over $200).
> A core i5-2400 is $200.
> Asus P8P67 boards range from the LE at $135 to the Pro (which supports
> SLI) at $185 (there is an EVO at $200 but I think that's all about
> overclocking).
> The P8Z68 is another line, but looks more highend in orientation.
> Add a bit of ram, some cheap case you like, and a decent power supply,
> some HD, and you can probably squeeze in around $600 (+ tax).  Aiming for
> $800 always gives a way better result than trying to cut everything down
> to $500.  The machines advertised for $399 are complete obsolete crap
> with every corner possible cut.  In many cases you can double or tripple
> almost any feature in them for $50.
>
> $500 would require buying leftover obsolete stuff, which is an option.
> There are still a few LGA775 chips out there, DDR2 ram, etc.  I wouldn't.
>
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